ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,132, issued on June 10, was assigned to MARINE POWER SYSTEMS Ltd. (Swansea, Great Britain).
"Wave energy capturing device" was invented by Graham Foster (Swansea, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wave energy capturing device arranged to capture and convert wave energy to useful energy when positioned in an operating mode. The device includes a pivot point and a buoyant wave energy absorber affixed to the pivot point. The device has an operating mode where the device is arranged to capture wave energy. In the operating mode the pivot point is supported above the surface of a body of water and is held substantially statio...